Got a note from agent about this -- apparently, the Steve Perry who wrote for Thundercats and comics around the same time I was writing kidvid, thus confusing fans, has disappeared from his home in Zephyrhills, Florida, along with his two roommates.

I noticed this years ago when I was writing kidvid, how the actors would offer their versions, and I learned pretty quick that if I wanted it a certain way, it was best to write it out phonetically the first time it appeared in a script.